Debt Collection
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Collection Agencies - Application and Renewal Fees [HB-402]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Requiring the State Collection Agency Licensing Board to set by regulation collection agency license application fees, renewal fees, and investigation fees, subject to specified limitations; requiring the fees to be reasonable and set in a specified manner; requiring the Board to publish a fee schedule; providing that the fees in effect on October 1, 2010, remain in effect until the fees set by regulation take effect; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Debt Settlement Services - Study [HB-392]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, in consultation with the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General, to conduct a study of the State's debt settlement services industry; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Division, to establish a workgroup comprising specified representatives; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Division, to report findings to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Central Collection Unit - Collection of Debts Owed to the State [HB-1505]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the Central Collection Unit in the Department of Budget and Management to certify a debt or claim and the debtor responsible for the debt or claim to the Comptroller and State Lottery Agency; requiring the State Lottery Agency to send a specified notice if a debtor has won a lottery prize; requiring the State Lottery Agency to withhold all or part of a lottery prize under specified circumstances; authorizing a debtor to appeal the withholding of a lottery prize under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Status and Renaming [HB-1008]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Nonprofit ]
Renaming the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund as the Chesapeake Employers' Mutual Insurance Company; requiring the Company to be a specified authorized mutual insurer; altering the provisions of law that apply to the Company that applied to the Fund; specifying that the Company is a statutorily created nonprofit insurer that is not a unit of State government; providing that an employee of the Company is not an employee of the State and is not subject to specified laws; etc.
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US Congress 116th Congress
Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act [HB-8536]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibits credit reporting agencies from including certain medical debt on a consumer report. Specifically, agencies may not include on a report medical debt that has not been placed for collection, medical debt that was placed for collection within a year prior to the report, or medical debt fully paid or settled within a certain period of time. Before a person provides information regarding a consumer's medical debt to a credit reporting agency, that person must notify the consumer of the restrictions regarding the reporting of medical debt and
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Maine 124th Legislature
An Act To Ensure That Medical Equipment Found in a Repossessed Vehicle Is Returned to the Owner [HB-297]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
An Act To Ensure That Medical Equipment Found in a Repossessed Vehicle Is Returned to the Owner
Sponsored by: Rep. Roger Sherman (s) Passed To Be Enacted In Concurrence on 04/15/2009
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US Congress 116th Congress
The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 116th Congress
Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act [S.4697]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices.
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US Congress 116th Congress
A resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt. [SR-711]
[Student Loans ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Inflation ]
[Economic Development ]
This resolution calls on the President to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers. Further, it encourages the President to (1) ensure that borrowers have no tax liability from the debt cancellation, (2) ensure that the debt cancellation helps close racial wealth gaps, and (3) pause student loan payments and interest accumulation on federal student loans for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
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US Congress 116th Congress
504 Modernization and Small Manufacturer Enhancement Act of 2020 [HB-8211]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Construction ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Modifies the Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 Loan Program, which provides a small business with SBA financing—through a certified development company (CDC) intermediary—for expansion or modernization. Specifically, the bill adds policy goals, at least one of which a CDC must demonstrate to be eligible for assistance. These include (1) enhancing the ability of a small business to reduce costs by using energy efficient products and generating renewable energy, and (2) aiding the revitalization of any area for which a disaster has been declared
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US Congress 116th Congress
Leave Local Government Alone Act of 2020 [HB-8090]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Prohibits states or local governments from recovering any Coronavirus Relief Funds paid to a local government.
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Make Billionaires Pay Act [HB-8020]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Establishes a tax on the wealth increases of individuals with more than $1 billion in net assets during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of individuals receiving medically-necessary care or services for a period of one year. First, the bill requires individuals with net assets of more than $1 billion on December 31, 2020, to pay a tax of 60% on the amount equal to the lesser of (1) the increase in value of their net assets during
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US Congress 116th Congress
Make Billionaires Pay Act [S.4490]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Establishes a tax on the wealth increases of individuals with more than $1 billion in net assets during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of individuals receiving medically-necessary care or services for a period of one year. First, the bill requires individuals with net assets of more than $1 billion on December 31, 2020, to pay a tax of 60% on the amount equal to the lesser of (1) the increase in value of their net assets during
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Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 2020 [HB-7830]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To provide protections to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries relating to extra payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
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COVID–19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2020 [S.4350]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide immediate relief for patients from certain medical debt collection efforts during and immediately after the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act [S.4318]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
A bill to provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Consumer Relief during COVID–19 Act [HB-7796]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Finance ]
[Public Health ]
Places restrictions on the collection of consumer debts during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period and for 120 days after this period. Among other things, debt collectors may not during this period enforce a security interest through a repossession, seize assets, commence or continue an eviction, terminate utility service, or charge fees or apply a higher interest rate as a result of nonpayment. After this period, debt collectors must provide certain repayment options including extending the repayment period for debts.
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US Congress 116th Congress
Student Loan Fairness Act [S.4237]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to extend zero interest rate benefits and payment suspension to all Federal student loan borrowers, and for other purposes.
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PLUS Act of 2020 Providing Liquidity for Uncollectible Sales Act of 2020 [HB-7707]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Economic Development ]
Allows a new tax credit for the uncollectible accounts receivable of an eligible wholesale distributor. The bill defines an eligible wholesale distributor as any person engaged in the trade or business of selling inventory to a food and beverage establishment that ceases to provide on-premises consumption of food and beverage on or after March 25, 2020, pursuant to an order or recommendation of an applicable governmental authority.
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Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act [HB-7718]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes.